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Running fast = ow

I made a depressing and kind of “duh” discovery on my 4.5-miler Monday evening. I was feeling really good, no leg pain, and stuck with my “go as slow and careful as possible” mantra until the last mile, when I decided I was feeling good enough to let it rip. I picked up the pace to pre-injury status and flew along feeling awesome and powerful… until I finished the run, cooled down, and went into my house to stretch, and realized my leg was twinging again. even as I sit here at my desk, 2 days later, I can feel it twinging (not pain, but it’s noticeable… and I had gotten it to the point that I thought it was entirely healed)

Soooo, clearly, the sad truth is I just can’t run fast for awhile. Duh, that was my whole plan post-injury (go slow to make it to the race) but I was feeling so good on that run that I thought I might be fine picking up the pace again. I guess not :\

My other thought is that I should go back to heel-striking and see if my issues go away, but that might open a whole new can of problems..

Supposed to do my “quicker” (i.e. not TRYING to suffocate my pace) 3-mile run tonight, so we shall see how it goes!

"It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."
— George Sheehan

"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
- Edward Stanley